2013 African U-17 Championship

2013 African U-17 Championship
بطولة أفريقيا تحت 17 سنة 2013
Tournament details
Host country Morocco
Dates 13 – 27 April
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runners-up  Nigeria
Third place  Tunisia
Fourth place  Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played 12
Goals scored 44 (3.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nigeria Success Isaac
(7 goals)

The 2013 African U-17 Championship was an football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Morocco from 13 to 27 April. The top four teams qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Qualification

The qualifiers began on 7 September 2012 with the preliminary matches taking place, while the final round matches were played on 2 December 2012. At the end of the qualification, seven teams joined the hosts, Morocco.

Qualified teams

Venues

Casablanca
Marrakech
Stade Mohamed V
Capacity: 67,000
Marrakech
Stade de Marrakech
Capacity: 45,240

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 9 December 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.[1][2]

Match officials

Referees
  • Morocco Redouane Jiyed
  • Tunisia Med Said Kordi
  • Kenya Davies Ogenche Omweno
  • Somalia Wiish Hagi Yabarow
  • Mozambique Samuel Chirindza
  • Mali Mahamadou Keita
  • Comoros Ali Mohamed Adelaid
  • Botswana Joshua Bondo
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Achille Madila
  • Namibia Rainhold Shikongo
  • Senegal Maguette Ndiaye
  • Burkina Faso Juste Ephrem Zio

Assistant referees
  • Morocco Bouazza Rouani
  • Seychelles Eldrick Adelaide
  • Guinea Sidiki Sidibe
  • Uganda Mark Ssonko
  • Angola Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos
  • South Africa Mothibidi Stevens Khumalo
  • Ivory Coast Marius Donatien Tan
  • Mauritania Abderahmane Warr
  • Benin Babadjide Bienvenu Dina
  • Niger Yahaya Mahamadou
  • Mozambique Arsénio Chadreque Marengula
  • Ethiopia Kindie Mussie
  • Cameroon Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue
  • Burkina Faso Seydou Tiama

Squads

MRI controversy

All players in the competition went through a mandatory MRI test which investigates bony fusion of the left distal radius (wrist). Several players were considered to be over-age by CAF and they were not eligible for the competition. The tests took place on 12 April, one day before the competition began leaving no time for a replacement players to be found. Ivory Coast, Congo and Nigeria each had three players found to be ineligible.[3]

CAF released the names of the players who were found to be over-age:

Côte d'Ivoire
  • Ivory Coast Willy Britto Dagou (DF)
  • Ivory Coast Abdoul Diarrassouba (DF)
  • Ivory Coast Sidiki Dembele (MF)
Nigeria
  • Nigeria Wilfred Onyinye Ndidi (DF)
  • Nigeria Ibrahim Abdullahi (DF)
  • Nigeria Emmanuel Asadu (FW)
Congo
  • Republic of the Congo Charlevy Mabiala (MF)
  • Republic of the Congo Hardy Binguila (MF)
  • Republic of the Congo Bermagin Kangou (FW)

[4]

Group stage

Each group winner and runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers
  1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams
  2. Best goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams
  3. Greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the concerned teams
  4. Goal difference in all group matches
  5. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated
  7. Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee
Legend
Advanced to semi-finals and qualified for the 2013 U-17 World Cup

All times are (UTC±0)

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 321082+67
 Tunisia 321084+47
 Gabon 310269–33
 Botswana 300329–70

13 April 2013
15:00
Morocco  4–1  Gabon
Sakhi  8', 10'
Bnou Marzouk  56'
Jaadi  90' 		Eyamba  61' (pen.)
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)

13 April 2013
18:00
Tunisia  3–1  Botswana
Belarbi  2', 6' (pen.)
Haj Hassen  50' 		Tumisang  20'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)

16 April 2013
15:30
Gabon  2–4  Tunisia
Bouanga Owane  73'
Sellimi  79' (o.g.) 		Belarbi  32'
Haj Hassen  39'
Abboud  45+2'
Allogho  88' (o.g.)
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

16 April 2013
18:30
Botswana  0–3  Morocco
Bnou Marzouk  17', 80'
Sakhi  49'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

19 April 2013
18:30
Morocco  1–1  Tunisia
El Bouazzati  47' Haj Hassem  50'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

19 April 2013
18:30
Botswana  1–3  Gabon
Mooketsane  38' Eyamba  2', 45+2'
Owane  78'
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
Referee: Achille Madila (DR Congo)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3201132+116
 Ivory Coast 312021+15
 Ghana 302127–52
 Congo 302129–72

14 April 2013
15:00
Congo  1–1  Ivory Coast
Ngatsongo Obassi  8' Landry  27'
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
Referee: Med Said Kordi (Tunisia)

14 April 2013
18:00
Nigeria  6–1  Ghana
Isaac  10', 40', 63' (pen.), 68'
Bulbwa  30'
Iheanacho  90+5' 		Yeboah  66'
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

17 April 2013
15:30
Ivory Coast  1–0  Nigeria
Niangbo  90'
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
Referee: Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique)

17 April 2013
18:30
Ghana  1–1  Congo
Yeboah  38' Bidimbou  3'
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
Referee: Wiish Hagi Yabarow (Somalia)

20 April 2013
15:00
Congo  0–7  Nigeria
Iheanacho  4', 44', 86'
Isaac  27', 33'
Yahaya  49'
Matthew  60'
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

20 April 2013
15:00
Ivory Coast  0–0  Ghana
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals Final
23 April – Casablanca
  Morocco  1  
  Ivory Coast  2  
 
27 April – Marrakech
      Ivory Coast  1(5)
    Nigeria  1(4)
Third place
24 April – Marrakech 26 April – Marrakech
  Nigeria  4   Morocco  1(10)
  Tunisia  2     Tunisia  1(11)

Semi-finals

23 April 2013
15:00
Morocco  1–2  Ivory Coast
Sabbar  67' (pen.) Bedi  31'
Niangbo  39'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)

24 April 2013
18:30
Nigeria  4–2  Tunisia
Iheanacho  2'
Yahaya  12', 58'
Isaac  21' 		Belarbi  25'
Haj Hassen  30'
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

Third place match

27 April 2013
16:00
Morocco  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Tunisia
Bnou Marzouk  69' Haj Hassan  44'
  Penalties  
Sabbar
Saoud
Jaadi
Jbira
Bnou Marzouk
El-Bouazzati
Jellal
Achaoui
El Azzouzi
Belkouch 		10–11 Samti
Sahraoui
Hnid
Jbeli
Slimi
Haj Hassan
Akrout
Abboud
Ayadi
Sahraoui
Samti
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Final

27 April 2013
18:00
Ivory Coast  1–1  Nigeria
Bile Bedia  26' Report Izu Omego  8'
  Penalties  
Coulibaly
Diallo
Angban
Ibrahima Keita
Niangbo 		5–4 Issac
Nwakali
Ifeanyi
Yahaya
Musa Mohammed
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Winners

2013 CAF Under-17 Championship
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast
First title

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The 4 teams which qualified for 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Goalscorers

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals

  • Tunisia Firas Belarbi
  • Morocco Younes Bnou Marzouk
  • Tunisia Hazem Haj Hassen

3 goals

  • Nigeria Yahaya Umar

  • Gabon Mac Leod Eyamba

2 goals

  • Gabon Kevine Bouanga Owane
  • Ghana Yaw Yeboah
  • Ivory Coast Junior Landry

1 goal

  • Botswana Orebonye Tumisang
  • Republic of the Congo Bersyl Ngatsongo Obassi
  • Republic of the Congo Kader Bidimbou
  • Ivory Coast Guy Bedi
  • Nigeria Prince Izu Omego
  • Morocco Nabil Jaadi
  • Nigeria Ifeanyi Matthew
  • Botswana Kabelano Mooketsane
  • Morocco Walid Sabar
  • Nigeria Bernard Bulbwa
  • Tunisia Moez Abboud
  • Morocco Mohamed El Boauzzati
  • Ivory Coast Chris Bile Bedia

Own goal

  • Gabon Wilnod Allogho (against Tunisia)
  • Tunisia Yasser Sellimi (against Gabon)

References

  1. ↑ "CAF U-17 and U-20 Championships Final Draws set for Cairo". CAF Online (Confederation of African Football). 19 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "CAF U-17 Championship: Draw result". CAF Online (Confederation of African Football). 12 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Al-Smith, Gary (13 April 2013). "Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Congo caught cheating". Supersport.com. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "U17 CAN: 9 players who failed tests MRI" (in French). CAFonline.com. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.

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